In early 2013, Fu Ping published her autobiography Bend, Not Break, coauthored with Meimei Fox. The book, along with her media interviews, has been found to contain many exaggerations, distortions, and fabrications. Fu Ping has responded by claiming to be a victim of a "smear campaign" of ulterior motives.

This blog documents the facts, questions, and falsehoods behind her book and words.

The post, published on January 26, 2013, is a reaction to the initial Forbes profile of Fu Ping. The author describes that some former classmates in their own social group had tried to recall various facts in Fu Ping's story but,

None of them had heard anything about her childhood suffering before, including their guidance teacher.

None of them ever heard about her thesis research on infanticide. Some remembered that Fu Ping was good at writing, but mostly novels.

Their class was separated into two classes for English lessons. Fu Ping was assigned to the "fast class" based on her English skills at the time. So, she knew a lot more than "three English words."